Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 409 › Conversation 409-007
Nixon & United States Secret Service agents on Presidential security
Thursday, February 1, 1973 · 6:55 PM–7:10 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met briefly with a Secret Service agent in his Old Executive Office Building suite to initiate a transit or logistical movement. The conversation consists primarily of a perfunctory opening and immediate departure, with no substantive policy or administrative matters discussed. The exchange serves as a brief operational interaction between the President and his protective detail.
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NARA Description
On February 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and United States Secret Service agents met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:55 pm and 7:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 409-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 409-7
Date: February 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:55 pm and 7:10 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with an unknown Secret Service agent [?].
Greeting
The unknown Secret Service agent [?] left at an unknown time before 7:10 pm.Also recorded on February 1, 1973
- 846-018 4:03 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:03 pm to 4:05 pm.
- 409-001 4:08 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Sir Burke Trend, Henry A. Kissinger, George P. Shultz, and Edward R. G. Heath met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:08 pm to 6:05 pm.
- 409-002 6:07 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:07 pm to 6:41 pm.
- 409-003 6:47 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:47 pm to 6:49 pm.
- 409-004 6:49 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:49 pm and 6:51 pm.
- 043-015 6:51 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 6:51 pm to 6:55 pm.
- 409-005 6:51 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:51 pm to 6:55 pm.
- 409-006 6:55 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:55 pm and 7:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 409-007, February 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/409-007 (accessed October 1, 2026).